Work & commute · Johnstown

Work & commute in Johnstown, WI

Most working residents leave Johnstown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are La Follette (7%), Turtle Lake (6%) and Amery (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 278 Johnstown residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnstown.

278live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnstown goes to work

La Follette18.1 mi away

7%20

Turtle Lake8.9 mi away

6%16

Amery15.5 mi away

5%13

St. Croix Falls20.4 mi away

4%11

Osceola26.2 mi away

3%9

St. Paul, MN57.6 mi away

3%8

Balsam Lake11.3 mi away

3%8

Hudson44.8 mi away

3%8

Menomonie45.4 mi away

3%8

Johnstown (in town)right here

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%177

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Johnstown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

20%

33%

9%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnstown is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnstown are

38 jobs are based in Johnstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnstown

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Johnstown residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−14%

Jobs based in Johnstown, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 38. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.